Ishmael Bernal Movies

Virginal Ninay becomes a woman as an object of desire for liberation, but she's confused about her gender.

The life of tomboy tricycle driver Olga gets thrown for a loop when she collides with the rich Truman, who then makes it his mission to win her heart.

Amy must choose between two men, Vic, her ex-husband who suddenly disappeared, or William, her present husband who can provide everything she needs.

A group of high school students navigate their lives and loves in this ensemble film from Ishmael Bernal.

A girl is torn between two lovers: the one she loves, and the one she cannot resist.

A re-telling of Artemio Ricarte, a Filipino patriot who fought against the Spanish and later Americans. He was later supported by the Japanese during...

A woman is thinking of abortion, against her firm faith and family's wants.

A determined single parent, she manages to raise a child while remaining successful in her career as an advertising executive. Everything in her life...

A documentary on the life and work of National Artists Lino Brocka and Ishmael Bernal.

A 2012 documentary about the making and the legacy of the 1982 drama masterpiece directed by Ishmael Bernal that ended up being one of the greatest...

In a time in the Philippines when the concept of divorce does not exist, a young woman has an affair with a married man. Eventually, they move in...

A 1974 film from Ishmael Bernal about a man with seven wives.

Opposites attract when Trixie, a spoiled rich brat, asks Alex, a hardworking taxi driver, to be her boyfriend to appease her grandfather.

=The movie portrays seven wayward men who suffer within the walls of the national penitentiary. They serve their sentences as if they are living...

A motion picture about about a group of lost and confused youth.

A stripper and taxi driver are fished out of poverty and anonymity by a commercial film director. The obsession with success forces them to affect...

A fashion model is torn between two men: her young boyfriend who is a self-centered fashion model and an older married man who is estranged from his...

A Filipino aristocrat loves his wife but he has a little fun with a chorus girl.